Improvement in paper shirt-bosoms



NrrED STATES JAMES C. ARMS, OF NOETHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT yIN PAPER SHIRT-Bosowls.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,@112, dated February27, 1866.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J. C. ARMS, ofNorthampton, in the county of Hampshire and State ot' Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Bosoms; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making part of this speciiication, and to the letters ot' referencemarked thereon, like letters indicating like parts wherever they occur.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use the invention,I will proceed to describe it.

A represents the body of a paper bosom or shirt-front constructed in theusual manner.

B represents a central vertical plait, which I form by folding the bodyA as shown in cross-section in Fig. 3. The edges of this plait arefastened down by stitching it, as represented in Fig. 2, or it may besecured by means of any lsuitable cement, in which case the plait willbe embossed to represent stitchin g.

C represents a piece of cloth secured to the top ot' the bosom at thecenter of the front and projecting above the bosom, as shown, where itis provided with a button-hole for attaching the bosom to the shirt-bandat front.

D represents the band of the bosom, which consists of the points of thebosom itself, eX- tended at its upper corners far enough to reach aroundthe neck and meet behind, each of these points or straps D beingprovided with a button-hole, a, as shown in Fig. 2. In Fig. l the band Dis represented as being made ot' a separate piece or strip of paper andattached in such a manner as to be inclined forward, so that wh enapplied to and bent around the neck it will stand vertically, or nearlyso.

It will be understood that either of these forms ot' band may be used asmay be found most convenient in the manufacture, and that they will bemade ot' various sizes and numbered, the same as collars are non7 made.

By these means I am enabled to produce a bosom which can be applied atonce withoutthe use ot' eyelets, strings, cords, hooks, buttons, orother fastenings of any kind attached to the bosom itself, therebyforming a very neat and cheap article, which, when used, can be thrownaway without the loss ot' anything else than the paper itseli'.

Having thus fully described my invention, l

what I claim is- A paper bosom having a central plait formed by foldingthe paper as shown and described, with or without the points D, ofsuf'cient length to reach around the neck, and provided with thebutton-holes a, the whole constituting a new article ot' manufacture.

JAMES C. ARMS.

Witnesses:

S. W. HOPKINS, HENRY B. HAVEN.

